08 February 2010

The AP reports that kids today — what, with their hat on sideways, pants on the ground — have decided that blogging is for old farts.

A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging...The study, released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, found that 14 percent of Internet youths, ages 12 to 17, now say they blog, compared with just over a quarter who did so in 2006...Pew found a similar drop in blogging among 18- to 29-year-olds.

Overall, Pew estimates that roughly one in 10 online adults maintain a blog...But according to the data, that population is aging. The Pew study found, for instance, that the percentage of Internet users age 30 and older who maintain a blog increased from 7 percent in 2007 to 11 percent in 2009...

A[ccording] to Sarah Rondeau, a freshman at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. "It's a matter of typing quickly. People these days don't find reading that fun."

Thanks for the analysis Ms Rondeau. College sounds right up your alley. You give me hope.